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THE NOBLEST FRIEND OF ALL.
I have a friend, devoted, earnest, true,
One whom my soul for Ions years never
knew.
Though oft his voice fell on my careless
ear
In accents dreaded then, but now most
dear;
I little dreamed that all my needless fears
Would change toleepest love with passing
years.
Oft then I closely scanned his earnest face,
fat failed to rfcCOgntSt Its nameless grace.
Nor faintly understood the nameless charm
Heneath grave looks I fancied boded harm:
Charged with high duties for his Lord, the
King.
How could his words with lightsome laugh
ter ring?
Uut on his brow serene could rest no guile.
And thire was wondrous mugic In the
smile
With which sometimes his somber features
(learned.
So gently solemn, yet so sweet It seemed;
Some thought he knew not pity, grief nor
ruth.
Vet all his acts were kind and trimmed
with truth.
Later, 1 found that he struck off the chains
Of slaves bound down 'neath penalties and
pains,
Set captives free, a million wrongs re
dressed, Iirought hope and happiness to the op
pressed,
Lightened harsh cures, bade wearing sor
rows cease,
Subdued all strife ar.d substituted pence.
And when I learned to know the vi 11 un
rolled From all his greatness vast and mighty
souled,
And saw that for such sorrow ns he made
His heart was saddened though his hand
obeyed,
I learned to love htm, saw behind his mask,
And marveled at the greatness of his tank.
So now, with soul serene and bated breath,
I reverer.ee the friend whose name fa
Death.
I. EDO AH JONKS.
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HAVE I
Well, I
ever been victimized.
must confess I have
been once, only mice; ami t lint Ml by
John Smith -probably one of the most
eU&Ding ami Original scumps that ever
lent his name to an evil carter, Jtut
perhaps 30U would like to hear the
story V"
The speaker was a friend of mini!
Detective Inspector Henry (irahnin, of
Scotland Yard, who ranked amongst
the very smartest and most successful
members of tils profession. It was,
therefore, with no little surprise that
I heart! him confess to having been vic
timized, especially by one of the very
men he hud recently brought justice;
and, judging thut this must have been
a most interesting case, I replied:
"I certainly should. The person who
could impose upon a detective of your
reputation and ability must indeed
have been particularly cunning."
-You flatter me," he replies wnil
"but you are right; he was a
rogue the smartest I have ever
known; and although I have had my
own back since he is now in H. M. civil
service at Dartmoor it will be a long
day before I shall forgive myself for let
ting him slip from my hands at the last
moment or, worse still but I must
not be premature.
"Well, it happened in this way; it
was nearly ten years ago, und I was
merely a novice in the profession. I,
therefore, felt highly honored at being
'told off' to investigate the great rob
bery nt Fernleigh court, in Leicester
shirethe scat of the duke of Mel
bourne. You probably recollect the
circumstances; the Melbourne coronet,
tif Incalculable value, and other jewel
cry ami cash to the value of over 10,
P00, were stolen in broad daylight cer
tainly one of the most daring and com
plete robberies of modern times. The
thief or thieves got clean away, al
though the alarm was given immediate
ly after the deed was committed.
"I had been in the district nearly a
whole day before 1 came across the
slightest clew; but it was not very long
then before I hatl my man for I dis
covered there was but one perpetrator
mentally figured before me. 1 judged
him to be a person of about my own
build, that he was very particular as to
his appearance, nnd was dressed in a
green sporting suit."
"But how did you gather these par
ticulars, if I may ask?" 1 interrupted.
"Oh, that was simple enough," (Irn
han replied. "Unfortunately for him,
the thief wus disturbed after having
cleared his booty, and was compelled
to make for sonic of the bushes nnd
shrubs which surrounded the house. In
his haste he tripped over a large stone,
which resulted in a nasty fall over a
bramble bush. This bush tore a piece
of the cloth from his coat. It was a
piece of green cloth, such as is used al
most exclusively for sporting clothes.
K pocket-mirror that was in his pocket
had got broken by the fall, and a small
piece of the glass lay on the ground.
The culprit must certainly have been
very particular nbout his appearance to
carry a pocket-mirror.
"The bramble bush was but small,
and was crushed by the weight of the
falling man; consequently the impres
sion made in the damp grasB gave me an
idea as to his height and build. On in
cpuiry at various railway stations near,
I at length came upon one which con
firmed my opinion, for such a man,
dressed as I had anticipated, had alight
ed from a first-class carriage of the
Iveicester train there. He had booked
from London but not to the station
nearest the scene of plunder; he was
far too shrewd for that.
"Having gained a few other details,
important but uninteresting to you, I
booked for Leicester; knowing that
the prompt discovery of the burglary
would have prevented the perpetrator
from leaving the district immediately.
The line to Leicester was a branch one;
and I Instructed the station-masters all
along the line to telegraph to me if my
victual' catered the train; but, I con
jectured, and rightly, too, that he
would reach Leicester by other means
than by rail.
"I spent two or three days haunting
the Leicester railway stations, in the
faint hope of seeing my man, but to no
effect, it would, of course, have been
impossible for me to see every person
entering the muny trains each day,
and preposterous to expect the station
maStem to urrest every gentleman clad
in irreen sportini; clothes; therefore.
I nftcr a wearisome watch, 1 decided to
I return to town und procure aid for a
moroun scarvu aiisr un siuuuuicl i
"Accordingly, 1 took my seat in a '
fdrst-cluss carriage of the Midland ex- ,
press, which only stops at Bedford;
und made myself comfortable behind
copy oi the 'Times.' The bell had
rung, ami the train wus just on the
point of itarting, when the carriage
door was hurriedly opened, and in
RpnUlg a person of aristocratic appear
ance, followed by a porter, who placed
a bulky hand-bag on the ra.k, and left
the carriage as the train wus moving.
"Imagine, if you can, my surprise on
recognizing in my fellow traveler the
very person whom 1 had pictured as the
culprit in the Fernleigh court robbery
the very man for whom 1 had been
seeking for days, the man I had longed
to meet, had unconsciously walked into
my clutches; the fly had 'walked' into
the spider's web without the familiar
invitation I 1 knew, though, that I
must go about the business shrewdly,
guardedly; and that any uncommon
action or indiscreet remark would up
set the whole affair, Hut I nould not
refrain from inwardly chuckling us 1
thought of my 'victim's' surprisf, dis
gust and punishment, and the fame,
reward and promotion now in store for
me,
"But 1 had reckoned vtithout my
host. On seeing me the strunger
nodded pleasantly, and, opening a
newspaper, remarked:
"'Shocking alTuir, this Fernleigh
court robbery. It has caused quite u
sensation in the neighborhood; und no
wonder!'
" 'You're right,' 1 answered, reticent
ly, und endeavoring to screen my sur
prise ut his audio inns impudence.
" 'Yes,' he continued, nothing
abashed; 'the rogues have got clean
away, too, 1 understand. A smart par
ty, eh?'
" 'It does seem so.'
" '1 henr they have got a Scotland
Yard detective ou the truck,' he went
on; 'but, bless you, those fellows are
not u bit of use never have been
never will be. I understand thut the
one engaged on this case hasn't got a
single clew yet. I'm very much ufraid
he's like the man who fell out of the
boat not in itl'
" 'Hal' I laughed to myself; 'he will
sing in a different key by-and-byl It
he only knew who I wus he wouldn't be
quite so merry!' Hut I answered, in un
affectedly indifferent tone: There's
something in that!'
" TU teB you what it is! ' ho went on,
excit dly, apparently encouraged by
my in rsln5 replies: The whole ujs-'lt
of Scotland Yard detectives are not
worth that, sir!' and he snapped his
fingers. 'When they've got a little
intricate work on they're hurtled entire
ly. Personally, I'm much concerned
ubout this case. It's a disgrace, sir, a
scandal, that such deeds can be ierpe
trated without any practical risk in
a civilized country, where a small army
of men is retained to investigate such
matters, who have no more idea of how
to go about their business than a don
key has of exerting himself. I repeat,
sir,' he continued, vehemently, nnd
stamping his foot on the carriage floor,
'it's a disgraceful scandal!'
" 'Just because, no clews are reported
In the newspapers it must not lie con
cluded thut none have been found,' I re
plied, in a heated tone, for his gulling
nnd slanderous remarks had quite up
set me; 'perhaps you will be convinced
differently some day!'
" 'Never, sir, never!" he responded,
quickly. 'Indeed, I'm going to show
them a thing or two myself.'
" 'You are?' I replied, not without a
suspicion of sarcasm.
" 'I'm going to show them a thing or
two,' he repeated, in a deliberate man
ner. 'In confidence. I'm n private de
tective, engaged secretly in this case by
the duchess of Melbourne one of the
finest women thut ever lived!'
"'Indeed!' I ejaculated, in amaze-
J mcnt, and wondering whether I had
been mistaken in my conclusion after
all.
" That is so,' he replied; 'and what is
more, 1 arrest you, Henry Graham, on
the charge of robbery at Fernleigh
court four days ago!" And he pointed
a business-like revolver at my head.
'Hands up, or I fire! IUght! Now
move, and you are u dead man.' So say
ing, he drew a pair of handcuffs from
my pocket, and before I hud recovered
from my amazement actually had the
audacity to handcuff me there nnd
then!
"'Sir!' I shouted, when I had suffi
ciently overcome the hock, 'this is an
outrageous mistake! Take these things
off immediately, and allow me to ex
plain!' " 'You needn't trouble to do that!' he
replied, with a self-satisfied smile; "I
will do that for you. You are Henry
Graham, the Scotland Yard detective
I should never run down the force to a
stranger. Allow me to introduce my
self, John Smith no connection with
the bookstall people but the perpetra
tor of the Fernleigh court robbery. But
now, with or without your acquies
cence, we will exchange names and
bugs; you are John Smith, the Fern
h igh culprit; I am Henry Grn'hnm, the !
successful and praiseworthy detective. '
Twig?'
"I now saw through his little game
how completely be bad fooled me; and
when I saw him change bugs the con
ilemiiin pieces of glass and cloth were
in my bag I guessed what he was
about to do. My heart sank within me;
all hopes of a 8itcw.ful career seemed
crushed; and all I Oould reply waa::
YoVe a deceitful scoundrel, and some 1
day you shall pay for this.' .
" Pray don t excite yourself, Mr. 1
Smith,' he responded, sarcastically.
"Don't forget you're m my power. 1
was going to give you a little informa
tion just to while away the time. How
1 committed the robbery 1 cannot af-1
ford to tell you the secret will prove I
useful for future occasions but I might
ns well inform vou that, but for that 1 cnne forth to be baptised of him. O genera
nasty fall I had vhen making off. not - "L ZZXT" VU l
a suspicion of a clew would you nave
hud. Am it was, the rapidity with which
the news spread, and the number of
persons immediately put on the watch,
made it impossible for me to leave the
district Immediately. Kvcn now, I have
been forced to lcavi- most of the 'swag
with one of my agents I've got them
nearly all over tiie country. 1 might
also mention, for your edification, that
1 have had you under my eye prac
ticallv the whole'liine; and I onlv lost
.... . . r. -
sight of you owing to the necessity of
visiting my agent. Dame Fortune, how
ever, has thrown us together once more
a little closer this time; and had I
not been more sharp-witted than you,
1 should have hail apartment! booked
for me in prison for the next few years.
Now, Mr. John Smith, what do you
think of your Scotland Yard detec
tives?' "I made no reply.
"'You intend to remain silent, then,
like an obnoxious phonograph?' he
went on, jocularly. 'It is just as well,
for I must be now ubout my business.
So saying', he opened my bag, und, tak
ing from it a shci t of my Official note
paper, wrote in a good hand:
' 'To the Station-master at Welling
borough: Telegraph Immediately to station-master
ut Iiedford to have pollccmnn
nnd sergeant ready to meet this train In,
to arriytt the leader of the Fernleigh court
robbery gang. Am obliged to goon to St.
I'ar.cras myself, to urrest confederates,
who will be there, with portion of booty, to
meet their leader.
" 'HENRY GRAHAM, Scotland Yard.'
"Having shown this to me, with a
chuckle of satisfaction, he threw it out
cf the window Dl the train flew through
Wellingborough, and it was picked up
by one of the pol lers.
"This done, he drew from his bug a
suit of clothes similar to mine, and
Changed, This, with a little touching
Up which he performed, gave him the
appearance of quite a dlfferenl person.
1 have never known so complete a dis
guise effected in so short a time.
"All arrangements .completed, he
again devoted his attention to entcr-
taining me.
" 'I'm nfruid, Mr. Smith, that you'll
have to spend a night in Bedford prison.
That place will gtt quite a name for im
prisoning innocent people, what, with
John Bunyun and John Smith, won't
It?'
"On arrival at Bedford, explanations,
rcmonstrntious and furious threats all
proved unavailing, thanks to Smith's
reudy wit.
" 'He's the most cunning rogue I have
ever had to deal with,' was Smith's an
swer to all my detailed charges. 'Not
a bad conscience to accuse me of being
the culprit, aiuL claiming to be the de
tective himself! Out it won't work,
my friend, It won't work. It's useless
to try to impose upon the Bedford po
lice, Mr. Smith; they know a thing or
two too many to be "had on" like that!
They're not to be fooled, bless you!'
"The flattery on the police wus, I
knew, alone enough to settle my fate,
but 1 determined to 'die' hard, neverthe
less. "'Only bring tbe fellow to the sta
tion with you, am! send to the yard for
some one to come ai d say which is
which,' I pleaded. 'That is nil 1 ask. He
is u rogue, a scoundrel; don't let hlin
escnpc, whatever you do. Take me, if
you wish, but bring him, too.'
" 'Hal the poor fellow pleads hard
nnd well for his confederates' liberty,'
(be scamp said, in a feigned sympa
thetic tone. 'He wishes me to miss the
train, so that his fellow-rogues shall
escape with the wholeof the booty. Only
such a clever scoundrel would ever
think of such n scheme; but it would
never do for me to stay I should lose
my place if I did. See, here's my com
mission, sergeant; and look in his bag;
there are some of the stolen jewels nnd
notes, a complete disguise, and set of
burglar's tools.'
"This fairly made me furious. 'It is
my commission, and his bug,' I in
sisted. "'Ha! Ha a a a!!!' burst forth
police, porter, scamp, and a crowd si
multaneously, in mocking luughter. 'A
purty fine tale, that,' added the ser
geant; 'you must come erlong a me.'
" 'I'll remember you to your accom
plices presently,' remarked Smith, us
the train steamed out of the station;
'you'll meet them in the dock shortly.'
"Triumphantly the police led me
through the streets of the quaint old
town; and all the way we were accom
panied by a giggling, delighted and in
quisitive crowd. My indignation and
fury can better be imagined than de
scribed. "My explanation to the chief con
stable met a better reception 1 but in the
prison I hud to remain until some one
came up from the Yurd and identified
me.
"John Smith? Oh, he got clean away,
and wasn't Been again for years. How
he managed it I don't know, for half a
dozen detectives waited the train in at
St. Pnncras, by orders of the superin
tendent of police at Bedford; but no
John Smith did they cntchl" Tit-Bits.
Why She Can't.
"Pooh!" she exclaimed, scornfully.
"I could marry a title as weJl as any
one If it were not for one thing."
"What's that?" they asked.
"I haven't the money to make tbe pur
chase." Chicago Post.
Where It Happened.
Belle He says be kissed her under
the bay window.
Dolly The idea! Making such a
blunt reference to the dear thing's nose,
which she cannot help! Chicago
Times-Herald.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson In tbe International! Series far
January 31, lOOO Preaching of
John (he llnptlal.
GOLDEN TEXT Prepare ye the way ot
the Lord.--Luke 3:4.
THE LESSON TEXT.
(Luke 3:7-17.)
7. Then said he to the multitude that
8. Bring forth therefore trults worthy of
repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our
father: for 1 say unto you, that God la able
of these atones to raise tip children unto
Abraham.
9. And now also the ax Is laid unto thr
root of the trees: every tree therefore
which brlngcth not forth good fruit Is hewn
down, and cast Into the tire.
10. And the people asked him, saying:
What shall we do then?
It He answereth and sa'.th unto them.
He that hath two ooats, let lilm Impart to
i him that hath none; und he that huth
1 i ,,, u...,. ...
mr:it. let him t:o uaewise.
12. Then came also publicans to be bap
tized and said unto him. Master, what shall
we do?
II. And Ho said unto them. Exact no
more than that which Is appointed vow.
R Ar.d tho sc liiiers likewise demanded
of hJm, saying, Ar.d what shall we do?
And- He said unto them: Do violence to
no man, neither accuse any falsely; and
be content with your wages.
15. And as the people were In cxpccta-J
t'.on, and all men mused In their heurts of
John, whether he were tho Christ, or not;
16. John answered, saying unto them all,
I Indeed baptise you with water; but ono
mightier than 1 comein, trie laicnei or
whose shoes 1 am not Worthy to unloose:
He shell baptise you with tho Holy Qbost
und with fire: . ..
17. Whose fan Is in His band, and He will
throughly purge ills door, and will f,ati,i r I
the w heat Into Ills garners; but the abaft
lie will burn with llro unquenchable.
NOTES AND SFUCJESTIUNS.
Training of Joint the Baptist. Of the
early liic nnd training of John the Bap
tist, we know only that he was "in the
deserts" (Luke 1:S0). At what uge he
became a hermit, or whether indeed
the word means more than that he lived
quietly and uneventfully in the hill
country of Jddea where he was born
(Luke 1:30, 40) we do not know. Hut
We should note how plain was John's
mode of life. All four Gospels quote
more or less fully the words ut the
opening of Isaiah 40 as applying to I
John, and the reason for this fact ap
pears in John 1:23. 1
John's Preachings Repentance, as
John preached it, was a turning away
from sin to righteousness. It demand
ed a willingness to give up all practices
which wire inconsistent with the pres
ence of God's kingdom. Baptism was
un ancle a; lite, used in eertuhl cases of
cleansing (Num. 19), and was applied
to proselytes who entered the Jewish
fold. It was therefore a natural symbol
of cleansing in preparation for living a
clean life after repentance. John seems
to have, met first tbe deeply intrenched
Jewish idea that for thorn no repent
ance was necessary. They regarded
their descent from Abraham as a suffi
cient guaranty of salvation. John's
words on this point (Luke 3:8) were
therefore very radical. According to
Matthew (Matt. 3:7), they were direct
ed toward the religious leaders of the
Jews. These leaders were the repre
sentatives of the two chief sects, the
Pharisees and the Sadducees. The
former were the Puritans of the time,
in profession, though not in practice.
They took great pains te observe the
law and the traditions, going beyond
the literal command in their endeavor
to render perfect obedience. The Sad
ducees professed equal regard for the
laWj but were by no means so strict
in their compliance with eltlicr its let
ter or what they regarded as its spirit.
John's Testimony. The great sensa
tion that John had created, his refer
ences to tbe kingdom of heaven ns at
band, and the nature of his teaching
combined to lead many of the Jews
to believe him to be the Messiah. To
those, who questioned him, however,
John made it evident that he thought
of his ow n work as merely preparatory.
His words lead us to suppose that he
expected the work of Jesus to be vastly
more sudden nnd sweeping' than It
actually was. The same idea finds sup
port in the message which John after
wards sent to Jesus (Matt. 11:2, 3).
Preparing the Way. The work of
preparing, or of repairing, these roads
in advance of the coming of a royal
personage is continued to the present
time. At Hebron, as our party entered
the Holy Land from the desert below,
we were told that the crown prince of
Austria was just before us, and that the
word had gone out from the Turkish
authorities to prepare his way in ad
vance. At this our dragoman was de
lighted, ns he was sure that we would
find the roads in excellent condition all
the wny northward. Again and again
he said, gratefully: "This road has
been prepared for the prince. 1 wish
there was always a prince before us."
Trumbull's Oriental Studies.
Fleeing from Wrath. Dr. George
Adam Smith, in hit "Historical Ge
ography of the Holy Land," gives a
vivid picture of a fire in the Judean
wilderness. The rain, during the short
wet season, induces a rank growth of
brambles and grasses. In the hot
months that follow these become very
dry, nnd a fire once kindled spreads
with great rapidity. It comes sweeping
down before the wind almost like a fire
on the American prairies, and before
it the lizards nnd serpents flee from
their hiding places beneath the stones.
Dr. Smith remarks that such a scene
may have suggested to this wilderness
preacher the word in which he upbraid
ed the Pharisees and Sadducees: "O
generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come?"
PRACTICAL.
Always there is a voice crying:
"Make ye ready the way of the Lord!"
What response are you making?
The way of the Lord can be made
ready only by removing injustice, op
pression, sin and all evil.
Those who say they repent must
bring forth fruits meet for repentance.
When the people ore in agitation, we
do not understand how tranquillity is
to return; and when they are at peace,
we do not. tee how tranquillity can de
part, Le Bruyere.
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Stage Street, Haverhill. Mass.
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